<chapter id="hdbk-intro">
  <title>Introductie</title>
  <sect1 id="hdbk-intro-about">
    <title>About &bibletime;</title>
    <para>&bibletime; is a Bible study tool with support for different types of texts 
and languages. Even large amounts of works modules are easy to install and 
manage. It is built on the <ulink 
url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword">Sword</ulink> library, which provides 
the back-end functionality for &bibletime;, such as viewing Bible text, 
searching etc. Sword is the flagship product of the <ulink 
url="http://www.crosswire.org">Crosswire Bible Society</ulink>.</para>

    <para>&bibletime; is designed to be used with works encoded in one of the formats 
supported by the Sword project. Complete information on the supported 
document formats can be found in the <ulink 
url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/index.jsp"> developers 
section</ulink> of the Sword Project, Crosswire Bible Society.</para>

    <sect2 id="hdbk-intro-works">
      <title>Beschikbare modules</title>
      <para>Meer dan 200 documenten in 50 talen zijn beschikbaar bij de <ulink 
url="http://www.crosswire.org">Crosswire Bible Society</ulink>. Hierin zijn 
opgenomen: 
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Bijbels</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>The full Bible text, with optional things like Strong's Numbers, headings 
and/or footnotes in the text.  Bibles are available in many languages, and 
include not only modern versions, but also ancient texts like the Codex 
Leningradensis ("WLC", Hebrew), and the Septuagint ("LXX", Greek). This is 
the most advanced section in the library of the Sword project.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Boeken</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Books available include "Imitation of Christ", "Enuma Elish", and "Josephus: 
The Complete Works"</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Bijbelcommentaren</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Commentaries available include classics like John Wesley's "Notes on the 
Bible", Matthew Henry's commentary and Luther's "Commentary on Galatians." 
With the <emphasis>Personal</emphasis> commentary you can <link 
linkend="hdbk-op-parts-desk-write"> record your own personal notes</link> to 
sections of the Bible.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Dagelijkse overdenkingen</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Veel mensen waarderen deze dagelijkse porties van Gods Woord. Onder de 
beschikbare modules bevinden zich Daily Light on the Daily Path (Dagelijks 
Licht op het Dagelijkse Pad) en de Losungen.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Lexicons/Woordenboeken</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Lexicons available include: Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes, 
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon and the International Standard Bible 
Encyclopaedia. Dictionaries available include Strong's Hebrew Bible 
Dictionary, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary, Webster's Revised Unabridged 
Dictionary of the English Language 1913, Nave's Topical Bible.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="hdbk-intro-motivation">
      <title>Motivatie</title>
      <para>Our desire is to serve God, and to do our part to help others grow in their 
relationship with Him. We have striven to make this a powerful, quality 
program, and still make it simple and intuitive to operate. It is our desire 
that God be praised, as He is the source of all good things.</para>
      <blockquote>
        <attribution>Jakobus 1:17, NBG51</attribution>
        <para>Iedere gave, die goed, en elk geschenk, dat volmaakt is, daalt van boven 
neder, van de Vader der lichten, bij wie geen verandering is of zweem van 
ommekeer.</para>
      </blockquote>
      <para>God zegene u wanneer u dit programma gebruikt.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
</chapter>
